ABSTRACT
Various equipments involved in the care of textiles include washing, drying and pressing equipment. Washing equipment, or washers, is designed to wash, rinse and extract water from clothes and make provisions for setting the time, temperature and volume of water. A washing machine, or washer, is a machine to wash laundry, such as clothing and sheets. Top-loading machines are fitted with an agitator that transfers mechanical energy from the motor to the clothes. The mechanical agitation, combined with detergent, removes soiling and keeps it in suspension. The construction and working of a front-loading washing machine is identical to a top-loading washing machine apart from the fact that it contains a cylindrical drum in place of the long agitator. Washing is performed by tumbling the clothes in the cylindrical drum. Clothes are loaded from the top and the hatch and lid are closed. The machine operates and spins similar to a front-loader.
